| Singing Over The Bones
In devising "Singing Over the Bones" we wanted to touch that place of deep feeling that comes with mothering; to reveal the inner world and private moments, creating a rollercoaster ride of emotions and experiences. The boat-like cot is a symbol of the place of birth and death and the nest of childhood; strong and protective, sometimes big and cumbersome for the mother. The costume has both medieval and V ictorian style, boned with the constraints of the past and worn with the barefoot freedom of the present. Interwoven in the train are the bits of stuff mothers keep: curls of hair, a button, a photo, "baby slippers and baby spoons". This is a celebration of motherhood "with its rewards and punishments, its beauty and its hell" - a personal journey reflecting on "the so called art of the small" and a joyous reminder "what a truly miraculous thing this life business is". Chrissie Koltai "... the most extraordinary roller coaster ride of emotions ...experience it..." |
